Friday, January 1, 2010

South Carolina native investigates paranormal while attending college

In 2001, while majoring in journalism, Buell formed the Paranormal Research Society (PRS) to investigate the spooky and unexplained. Now he’s one of the stars of a new A&E network series, “Paranormal State,” which chronicles PRS cases.

Paranormal man claims he can prove afterlife exists

A paranormal investigator claimed today he is in line to win £1 million after betting he could prove the existence of an afterlife.

Celeb reality show takes ghostly turn

The premise is mystifying yet simple: Take five celebrities and put them in an historically scary place, such as an abandoned prison. Then, give them every device this side of the Mystery Machine to search for otherworldly occurrences.

Area man tries to pin down proof of the paranormal

In September 2003, Christopher Bohar was in Gettysburg trying to capture a ghost’s voice on a tape recorder. Bohar, 20, said he was standing alone in a wheat field where between 2,000 and 3,000 soldiers had died in the Civil War. He asked if any spirit was there. He got a response, he said. When Bohar played back the [...]

Seeing is believing: Junichi Yaoi’s experiences with the supernatural

The Japan Times, Aug. 11, 2002 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20020811a3.htm By ERIC PRIDEAUX Staff writer Junichi Yaoi’s otherworldly encounters took place decades ago, but in his memory, it’s as if they happened yesterday. The first one was in 1972. It was about 4 o’clock on a lazy Sunday afternoon in Tokyo’s then semi-rural Setagaya Ward. Yaoi (above, center), an employee at Nippon Television Network, [...]